From my limited interactions 20ish years ago, I could absolutely see that guy committing suicide via self immolation
The Shrine is Gone
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There’s a thread on here about it, but some friends and I got shot at and then car chased by the owner when we tried to walk up to it in college. Spring of ‘04.
Urban Exploring at ISU
Another thread perked my interest. There are allot of strange places around campus and Ames to explore and I know there are allot of people who explore them. I was just curious about some of the strange places some of you have been. Disclaimer- I'm not trying to encourage trespassing. There...
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damn, rip shrine. urban exploring thread was the peak of this website.
It's pretty amazing what some individuals can accomplish when they stay focused on something. My wife and I went to Bishops Castel in CO last summer which a guy has been building for the past 40 + years. It's pretty cool but a bit sketchier than it looks in the pictures.
https://www.bishopcastle.org/
FYI- if you go there download a map ahed of time on your phone because there is not cell service there.
https://www.bishopcastle.org/
FYI- if you go there download a map ahed of time on your phone because there is not cell service there.
It was for sale on Zillow. Came about it and was about to post on here, but couldn't find the old thread.
Half way thought about buying it and charging admission to CF members.
His daughter or daughters? I believe the story was they were killed by a drunk driver and he would wait in his front yard for that car to drive by again one day. Not sure if this is true, just the story I was always told.
He was always in the front yard across the street every time we drove by. Creep AF.
This was the story I was told, and have repeated many times.
He absolutely used to wait in the van at night. I personally encountered it.
I moved away from Boone back in 2000. Like so many small towns/rural counties there is a severe lack of innovation. They want to stay the same. ****, the population of Boone is the exact same as it was when I was born 40+ years ago, even with the growth of Ames and ISU. It's pretty remarkable actually.
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I moved away from Boone in 2000, so I'm assuming this probably went up after that. Especially since my group of friends and I liked exploring weird places like the ghost horse near the Des Moines river and the abandoned building just north of Boone
Airplane on a treadmill tanks highly. Old timers tell of the Tom Cruise in a bunker thread, but that has been lost to the ages.